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Zecheng Gan (干则成)

Advanced Materials Thrust (GZ) and Department of Mathematics (CWB)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Contact

E-mail: zechenggan@ust.hk
Office: FYTRI/CWB

Research interests

Scientific Computing, Applied Mathematics, Electromagnetics, Hydrodynamics, Data-driven and Machine Learning methods for Science & Engineering.

Short bio

Tenure-track Assistant Professor (2021.09-now)
Advanced Materials Thrust, Function Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (GZ).
Assistant Professor (joint appointment) (2022.07-now)
Department of Mathematics, School of Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CWB).
Affiliate Assistant Professor (2021.09-2022.06)
Department of Mathematics, School of Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CWB).
Postdoc associate (2019.08-2021.08)
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University.
Postdoc assistant professor (2016.09-2019.07)
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Ph.D. in Mathematics (2016.06)
Department of Mathematics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2010.06)
School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Detailed CV: available upon request.

News and Events

Research

2023.01 We are funded by Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (General Program, 2023A1515012197).
2022.09 We are funded by National Science Foundation of China (Youth Program, NSFC 12201146).
2022.07 We are funded by Guangzhou Basic and applied basic research Foundation (2023A04J0054).
2021.02 Paper “Harmonic Surface Mapping Algorithm for Electrostatic Potentials in an Atomistic/Continuum Hybrid Model for Electrolyte Solutions” published on Commun. Comput. Phys..
2020.01 Paper “Efficient dynamic simulations of charged dielectric colloids through a novel hybrid method” selected as JCP Editor’s Choice 2019.

Group

2022.09 Yanyu Duan, graduate from HIT-SZ(physics), joined the group as a PhD candidate. Welcome, Yanyu!
2022.09 Tianhao Hu, undergraduate from Wuhan University (school of mathematical science), joined the group as a PhD candidate. Welcome, Tianhao!
2022.02 Zheng (Johnson) Yang, graduate from University of Manchester, joined the group as a PhD candidate. Welcome, Johnson!
2021.10 I am co-advising MPhil student Wing Chun (Kyle) Chan with Prof. Rui Zhang. Welcome, Kyle!
2021.10 I am co-advising PhD candidate Jiayi Wang (Chemical Engineering) with Prof. Ping Gao. Welcome, Jiayi!
2021.09 Xuanzhao Gao, undergraduate from USTC (school of gifted young), joined the group as a PhD candidate. Welcome, Xuanzhao!

Events and Activities

2023.08 Z. Gan is co-organizing a minisymposium on “Simulations and Algorithm Development in Materials Science” at the ICIAM 2023 conference in Tokyo, Japan.
2023.03 PhD candidates Y. Duan, Johnson Yang and Xuanzhao Gao are giving a talk at APS march meeting (virtual sessions)
2022.12 X. Gao is giving a poster at the “Math Day in the Great Bay Area” event
2022.10 Z. Gan is giving a talk at the Materials informatics seminar series, Guangzhou key lab of materials informatics
2022.10 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk at the Scientific computing workshop, CUHK(SZ) and Shenzhen research institute of big data
2022.09 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk on the CSIAM annual meeting, at the symposium on “Optimization algorithms for data science”
2022.01 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk on the workshop “Machine Learning and Data-Driven Scientific Computing”, BNU-UIC (Cancelled due to COVID)
2021.11 Z. Gan is giving an Applied Mathematics Seminar, Shenzhen International Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
2021.07 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk on SIAM annual meeting (virtually), minisymposium on “Numerical Methods for Incompressible Fluid Systems”
2021.06 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk on the workshop “Advances in numerical methods, theories and applications”, CUHK(SZ)
2021.02 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk on the Engineering Sciences Youth Forum, College of Engineering, PKU
2021.01 Z. Gan is invited to talk on the Mathematical Research Seminar Series, Zu Chongzhi Center for Mathematics and Computational Sciences, Duke University (Kunshan)
2020.12 Z. Gan is giving a Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM) seminar, School of Mathematical Sciences, PKU
2020.10 Z. Gan (with Ondrej Maxian, parter: Aleksandar Donev) is giving a virtual MSG seminar at Courant Institute, NYU
2019.12 Z. Gan is giving an invited talk on the 2019 Applied Math Youth Forum, Shool of Mathematical Sciences and BICMR, PKU